Bulga

Cuchulain became purple and red all over when he saw the setting of the Gae Bulga had been disturbed, and for the third time he sprang from the top of the ground and alighted on the edge of Ferdiad's shield, so as to strike him over the shield from above.

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Then Cuchulain called and shouted to Laeg to set about preparing the Gae Bulga for him.

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Cuchulain caught it in the fork of his foot, and [2] when Ferdiad raised his shield [2] Cuchulain threw the Gae Bulga as far as he could cast

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Laeg came and cut open Ferdiad and he took the Gae Bulga out of him.

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Bulga called for, he thrust his shield down to protect the lower part of his body.

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[2] Thereupon Laeg came forward to the brink of the river and to the place where the fresh water was dammed, and the Gae Bulga was sharpened and set in position.

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From the province of Bulga or Fattygar, this chain, running northwards, rises to a great height, springing like the walls of a fortification from the western bank of the Hawash, from whence numerous small streams descend to increase that river.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various

Now Du Cange, v. _Bulga_, cites this very passage from Aelfric's _Glossary_, and adds, "i.e. _vas ex corio confectum_," but his whole article is worth consulting.

Notes and Queries, Number 13, January 26, 1850 Various

[W. 4092.] "Come, O Laeg my master," cried Cuchulain; "now cut open Ferdiad and take the Gae Bulga out, because I may not be without my weapons."

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Cuchulain became deep purple and red all over when he saw the setting undone on the Gae Bulga.

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